* 1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer and songwriter

* 1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist, Nobel laureate

* 1949 – Scott Turow, American writer

* 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman ( d. 1949 )

* 1949 – Phil Garner, American baseball manager

* 1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal

* 1949 – Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Alabama )

* 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler ( d. 1993 )

* 1949 – Alan Campbell, Irish pastor

* 1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop

* 1949 – Jonathan Kellerman, American author

* 1949 – Ted Simmons, American baseball player

* 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1949 – Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker

* 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American wrestler

* 1949 – James Fallows, American journalist

* 1949 – Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian astronaut

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan

* 1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player ( d. 2009 )

The Dominion of Newfoundland, Britain's oldest colony in the Americas, joined Canada as a province in 1949.

In 1947, the King issued letters patent granting his Canadian governor general permission to exercise all those powers belonging to the monarch in respect of Canada and, at the Imperial Conference of 1949, the decision was reached to use the term member of the Commonwealth instead of Dominion to refer to the non-British member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Several of the colonies briefly refused to join the Dominion despite pressure from both Canada and Britain ; Newfoundland held out until 1949.

The original logo of the CBC, designed by École des Beaux Arts student Hortense Binette and used between 1940 and 1958, featured a map of Canada ( and from 1940 to 1949, the Dominion of Newfoundland ) and a thunderbolt design used to symbolize broadcasting.

" ( Newfoundland was an independent Dominion before joining Canada in 1949.

Under the terms of the Government of India Act 1919, Viceroys shared some limited aspects of their authority with the Central Legislative Assembly, one of the first steps of reform as India progressed towards home rule under the Government of India Act 1935, independence as a Dominion in 1947, and ultimately the declaration of a republic in 1949.

In 1922, twenty-six counties of Ireland gained autonomy from the U. K. as a U. K. Dominion as the Irish Free State ; in 1949, this Dominion became a Republic and ipso facto, left the Commonwealth.

The Statute of Westminster 1931 removed this power of the British Parliament for Canada, as well as the other British Dominions ( Australia 1942, the Irish Free State, New Zealand 1947, the Union of South Africa, and the Dominion of Newfoundland ratified, joined Canada in 1949 ), except where the Dominion consented to Imperial legislation.

* Dominion of Newfoundland: the Legislative Council of Newfoundland ( dissolved with the creation of the Commission of Government in 1934 ; not recreated after Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949 )

In the third category were mainly people born before 1949 in the Republic of Ireland, India and Pakistan who did not acquire citizenship of their country or any other Dominion ( in the case of those born in India and Pakistan ), or who applied after 1949 for restoration of their British subject status ( for those connected with Ireland ).

* Dominion of Newfoundland, a self-governing dominion of the British Empire from 1907 to 1949

The Canadian colonies were federated as a Dominion in 1867, except for Newfoundland, which remained a separate self-governing colony, was a separate Dominion in 1907-1934, reverted to being a crown colony in 1934, and joined Canada in 1949.

The Conservative Party of Newfoundland was a political party in the Dominion of Newfoundland prior to confederation with Canada in 1949.

At the time that the Dominion of Newfoundland joined Canada on March 31, 1949 the schools of that Dominion were all organized on a confessional basis with separate denominational schools for Roman Catholics, Seventh-day Adventists, Salvationists, Pentecostals, and an integrated stream which oversaw the schooling for children of many members of so-called " main stream " Protestant denominations.

The population has consistently risen every year since the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867 ; however the population of Newfoundland and Labrador had not been included in post-confederation tallies prior to its entry into confederation as Canada's tenth province in 1949.

Prior to becoming the tenth province of Canada in 1949, Newfoundland ( then a separate British Dominion ) used the Forget-me-not as a symbol of remembrance of that nation's war dead.

The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 ( before which the territory had the status of a British colony, self-governing from 1855 ).

The Union Flag, official flag of the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1931 and Canadian province of Newfoundland from 1949 to 1980

Only CF, CH, CI, CJ and CK are currently in common use, although four radio stations in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador retained call letters beginning with VO when Newfoundland joined Canadian Confederation in 1949.

Also in 1949, following two referenda within the province, St-Laurent and Premier Joey Smallwood negotiated the entry of Newfoundland into Confederation.

A former colony and dominion of the United Kingdom, Newfoundland and Labrador became the tenth province to enter the Canadian Confederation on March 31, 1949, as Newfoundland.

* 1855 – Newfoundland ( suspended from 1934 to 1949 ), the State of New South Wales, and the State of Victoria

By request of the Government of Newfoundland, the United Kingdom resumed its direct rule of Newfoundland in 1934, and it kept that until Newfoundland and Labrador became a province of Canada in 1949.

He began an ambitious program of social programs and laid the groundwork for Newfoundland and Labrador's entry into Canada ; however, this did not take place until 1949, the year after King retired.

This Act also guaranteed Newfoundland six Senators should that British Domain ever join Confederation – which it did in 1949.

This Act is not to be confused with the British North America Act, 1949 later renamed the Newfoundland Act in 1982-which confirmed the terms of union between Newfoundland and Canada and which made Newfoundland the tenth province.

The colonies of Prince Edward Island and British Columbia joined over the next six years, and Newfoundland joined in 1949.

The Gander Air Base ( RCAF Station Gander ) located at Gander International Airport built in 1936 in Newfoundland was leased by Britain to Canada for 99 years because of its urgent need for the movement of fighter and bomber aircraft to Britain. The lease became redundant when Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province in 1949.

When Newfoundland joined the confederation in 1949, the RCMP entered the province and absorbed the then Newfoundland Ranger Force and took over responsibilities in that area.

April 1, 1949, Newfoundland joined in full confederation with Canada and the Newfoundland Ranger Force amalgamated with the RCMP.